A pile of credit-card reward points can take you business class to Bali or cover a few days’ stay in a...
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Think about the last time you did a grocery run and came out surprised at the total. Maybe you didn't...
Good morning. How dire is America’s fiscal outlook? When I met with MassMutual CEO Roger Crandall yesterday, he framed the...
Known for everything from beaches and the Amazon rainforest to the Carnival festival season that brings in over 50 million tourists in...
Cheryl Casone and Scott Ladner discuss the week's significant economic data, including June CPI, PPI, and retail sales. Ladner emphasizes...
It’s safe to say that inflation in the U.S. this year felt a lot like a game of whack-a-mole. Just...
Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Oprah Winfrey all share a daily habit that most Americans have quietly abandoned: reading books....
Good morning. About 40% of Americans didn’t read a single book last year, despite Oprah’s Book Club, Bill Gates’ reading...
Mortgage rates have been hovering around 6.5% for eight weeks, according to Freddie Mac data. It looked like there may...
The gap between the rich and the poor continues to rise at an extraordinary pace. Just 56,000 ultra-wealthy individuals—the world’s...
It's been about five years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Wegovy for chronic weight management, but semaglutide,...
Americans prioritize building reliable post-work income for their retirement years, making Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) a cornerstone of that effort.Traditional...
Small business owners in U.S. tourist destinations say they’re seeing more Americans sticking closer to home this summer, trading overseas travel for road...
2025 brought a mixed picture for the U.S. economy. The stock market ended the year with double-digit gains, but inflation...
Mortgage rates have decreased, according to Freddie Mac. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is down six basis points to...
We’ve all received them. A misspelled message from a nameless, so-called recruiter, likely from a sketchy iCloud or Outlook email...
About 3 million fewer people in the United States had Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in February compared with the same...
The quiet, wind-swept hills of the Battle of Greasy Grass, known to many as the Battle of Little Bighorn, are...
During the 2026 home-buying season, I've noticed two ongoing narratives so far. First, mortgage rates continue to hover around 6.5%....
Americans are expected to spend a record $26.3 billion during Amazon’s four-day Prime Day sale — and almost none of...
Households are reducing spending on travel, restaurants, and entertainment, but transportation costs tied to daily commuting are unavoidable.That is the...
Americans ages 50 and up filed nearly half of the fraud reports received by the Federal Trade Commission last year....